
Variety
It is sentimental and sprawling, which are not necessarily bad things, but also manipulative and contrived, which very much are.
Full reviewOscar Isaac (Ex Machina) and Olivia Wilde (Her) lead a multi-generational love story spanning both decades and continents.
It is sentimental and sprawling, which are not necessarily bad things, but also manipulative and contrived, which very much are.
Full reviewOverall, his movie feels like an entire season of This Is Us compressed into two frustratingly uneven hours of tearjerking and grief porn.
Full reviewIsn't it amazing how human destinies intertwine? This movie seems intent on persuading you that the answer is "no."
Full reviewYou rarely get the sense of Fogelman's characters being complex figures with internal lives - instead they're merely there to smile weakly through whatever trauma their sadistic creator puts them through.
Full reviewBarely a moment seems to pass without a birth, a death, a betrayal, a starling revelation or a life-changing bombshell.
Full reviewThe worst thing about Life Itself is not that it is emotionally sadistic. It's just how much it wants to be emotionally sadistic, while missing the mark by a mile.
Full reviewLife Itself (2018) is available to stream in New Zealand now on Google Play and Apple TV and Neon Rentals.
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